Medical marijuana dispensary review: Lotus Medical in Denver

It has been more than three years since we were last at Lotus Medical, in the Elephant Corral building on the western edge of downtown Denver.

But unlike a lot of shops that have either changed hands or simply changed décor over the past few years, it seems that Lotus had things down early on and hasn’t had to switch around much, aside from dropping the prices and improving the quality of herb on the shelves (even if it isn’t from the center’s garden).

The shop still feels like an upscale oasis geared more toward the forty-plus crowd, with a setup not unlike the rec room of a Cherry Hills mansion — lots of overstuffed couches and chairs to recline on while catching up on SportsCenter on the high-def flat-screen hung on the exposed brick walls. There are books on cannabis as well as other topics (like the history of baseball in Denver) on the bookshelves. But the entire vibe feels like someone had a decorator from American Furniture Warehouse come over and put on the finishing touches, like the beige lampshades and the artistic photographs of mountains and water that line the walls. Read More…